Rules & Guidelines

Reddit is a place for sharing ideas and content, not a dumping grounds for self-promotion. Please keep our community healthy. If more than 10% of the content you link is your own, you risk a Reddit-wide shadowban. Quoting directly from the admins, "For every 1 time you post self-promotional content, 9 other posts (submissions or comments) should not contain self-promotional content."

AMAs are welcome, but they must include proof of the poster's identity or they will be removed. If you would like to do an AMA but keep your proof confidential message the moderators, though we would prefer all proof be in the text of the post.

Content which is not related to Hearthstone will be removed from this subreddit. Just because content involves members of the Hearthstone community does not mean it is related to the game of Hearthstone.

Accounts and websites that spam this subreddit will lose their right to post here. Spamming includes but is not limited to excessive promotion of a particular website, group, stream, etc. Giveaways also fall under this category: they generally attract spammers, scammers, or are thiny-veiled marketing campaigns. If you want to advertise please take out a Reddit ad; otherwise, let your content stand or fall on its own merit as a general submission. Similarly, buying/selling/begging is not welcome in this subreddit.

Spamming the same message and or copy-pasting messages multiple times in the comment section falls under this ruling.

General stream promotion is limited to the weekly "Streamer Saturday" thread. Any other thread solely promoting a stream will be removed. Our intent is to prevent stream spam in the subreddit. Threads incidentally promoting streams in the context of an event are permissible, as are threads which are primarily about a topic other than a stream. Inclusion of a stream link where unnecessary and other attempts to circumvent the spirit of this rule are not permissible.

We define an event as a time-limited occurrence that impacts more than just the person streaming or that person's immediate circle of fans.

Examples of Allowed Event Stream Post Types:

[✔] GenericGirl's 256-Player Tournament Discussion+Survival Guide!

[✔] Trump vs. Kripparrian Charity Money Match for $1.2 Million Now!

[✔] GenericTwitchShow feat. DreamHack Winnner in 4 Hours!

Examples of Disallowed Stream Post Types:

[✘] Girl With Cats + Hearthstone All Night ;)

[✘] Hi! Rank 30 EU Legend Streaming

[✘] 24-Hour Paladin Marathon!! OPENING PACKS + GIVEAWAY!!

Acceptable stream promotion (outside of Streamer Saturday) include posts which are offered in conjunction with an event such as a tournament open to the community or featuring major community figures and are of interest to the general community. Disallowed posts benefit the poster far more than they do the community, generally serving as little more than a promotional tool for the poster to a disinterested general audience.

Submissions must add to the original content if they are displaying news from another source. Links that are simply re-hosting content, such as a bluetracker, will be removed.

In the event of a major event or large number of threads regarding one topic being posted during a short period of time, in the interest of not stifling other discussion, it may be decided that all threads regarding that topic will be consolidated into one central thread.

Conceal the names of players, where appropriate, to keep them anonymous. Do not post personal information in an attempt to raise negative sentiment against a specific person, witch-hunting. This is not a forum to call out specific people.

We urge you to be respectful to your fellow redditors; showing respect to others is a key to raising the level of discussion and participation in this community. Please show civility to your fellow redditors or risk removals and bans. As an obvious corollary, this subreddit does not tolerate slurs or personal attacks on fellow redditors.

Finally, falsely editing/photoshopping comments/remarks by community members is frowned upon. Even if the intent is not necessarily to start a witch hunt, such posts create confusion at best and witch hunts at worst. Such posts will most likely be removed.

Tournament results should not be posted in the submission title for the first 24 hours after a match. Discussion threads are allowed and encouraged. Here are two examples of avoiding spoilers in titles:

(1) No giving away specific plays or using titles that strongly indicate the outcome

[✘] DAT EKOP RAGNAROS (Spoilers)

[✘] Praise Gnimsh (Spoilers)

[✘] OH MY GOD AMAZ TOPDECK

[✔] [Spoilers] BlizzCon Finals BIG PLAY!

--also--

(2) No giving away which players are in a certain stage-- people that haven't seen earlier rounds will be spoiled

Low-quality content such as rage comics, memes, macros, one-line jokes as a text post, and Twitch spam (e.g. ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ raise your dongers ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ) drown out discussion and bring down the quality of discussion on the subreddit. You're welcome to share it, just not here. One-line jokes are fine in comments, but not as its own post. Multiple offenses => ban.

NSFW content is also not permitted in the sub, whether you tag it or not. Many subscribers are browsing Reddit at work or school, and NSFW content is not a focus of this sub. If you're interested in sharing NSFW content, do not post it here.

Your school project on Twitch streams or dissertation on gamer habits does not really relate to the game of Hearthstone. Straw polls which ask questions directly about this (and only this) game and players' habits regarding it are allowed. All other surveys must be messaged to the mods beforehand, or they will be taken down.

As a measure to prevent spam and promote civility, users with accounts that have highly negative activity (under -100 karma) may be subject to having their posts removed. Accounts that are under 7 days old with less than -5 karma may also be subject to post removal. Once such accounts move above the requisite threshold they will regain posting privileges in this subreddit.

If a user meets these minimal criteria but is acting like a psycho, that user will be banned. Don't be a psycho.

Contacting the moderators regarding a ban

If you feel you deserve a second chance after being banned for an offense, are wondering why you were banned, or have any questions regarding the terms that are not covered in the F.A.Q. feel free to send us a message.

All bans will be internally discussed and considered on a case by case basis if properly appealed.